Samantha's heart swelled with relief at seeing Kai and Callum, but the maternal panic that had been simmering beneath her carefully maintained composure suddenly erupted. She stepped closer to Kai, her voice dropping to an urgent whisper that only supernatural hearing could catch.
"Where's Nova?" The words came out sharper than she intended, tinged with the kind of fear that only a new mother could understand. "Where's our baby?"
Kai's expression immediately softened, and he leaned in close enough that his breath tickled her ear. "She's safe, love. We had to leave her in the Obsidian Sanctum with Luna. It's the safest place for her right now—safer than dragging her through whatever portal chaos brought you here."
